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Singapore

Growth of an artist in Never Look Back, more on How to Train Your Dragon and life with a wrestling family

Also going international: in Spain by an Iranian and in Singapore with a Japanese foodie

Crazy Rich Asians, family pressure, Alpha, life pre-history, Wall, the Middle-East divide

Also: sky watching and wondering in Cielo; sympathy for Nico and violence and Mark Wahlberg at Mile 22

Fresh leaks show U.S. bullying in the TPP is intensifying

New TPP leaks show just how far the U.S. is willing to go to ram through their Internet Censorship Plan